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pleuranted adj. Having drunk enough to decorate the cloakroom queue like a mournful figure on a tomb. pleurapophysised adj. Having drunk more than the ribs can reasonably support while carrying coats for the whole party. pleuraspidotheriided adj. You have drunk enough to become a small extinct mammal, avoiding the direct route home. Derril went pleuraspidotheriided beneath the cloakroom bench until the taxi departed. pleurectomied adj. You are drunk and have removed every remaining layer of restraint before attempting the journey home. Mathea became pleurectomied at last orders and left her good sense beside the bar. pleurenchymaed adj. Of a drinker: woodenly elongated through the coat, with every step conducting the night onwards. Keturah walked pleurenchymaed, a long wooden structure carrying three abandoned scarves. pleurisied (/ˈplʊəɹɪsid/) adj. Of a drinker who has acquired an inflammation of the evening and cannot settle after last orders. pleurisy rooted adj. A drinker who has put down a tuberous determination to remain near the bar. pleurited adj. A drinker so far gone that the coat has become a separate, articulated section of the person. Harvey-jay went pleurited in the cloakroom, moving one coat-covered segment at a time. pleuriticked adj. The state of being drunk and apparently afflicted with a condition requiring one more round. Sabrinamarie was pleuriticked at closing time, diagnosing the cure as another drink. pleuritised adj. Drunk to the extent of treating a pain in the side as a respectable medical complaint. pleurobasidiumed adj. Drunk on the strength of a lateral argument which has somehow developed beside the main one. pleurobranched adj. Drunk since last orders, and attached to the side of every conversation in the room. pleurobranchided adj. Drunk by the third round, and moving with the slow, adhesive dignity of a side-dwelling mollusc. Dalyce grew pleurobranchided and adhered to the banquette for the remainder of the evening. pleurocarped adj. Drunk by closing time, and producing new conversational growths from the sides of every subject. Jinah became pleurocarped, attaching a fresh anecdote to each topic as it passed. pleurocentesised adj. Still drunk, and requiring the evening's accumulated pressure to be ceremonially drawn off. Delica remained pleurocentesised, surrendering grievances one measured anecdote at a time. pleurocentrumed adj. Too drunk to retain a central structure, relying instead on lateral supports and unexamined vertebrae. Maleeya became pleurocentrumed and arranged her argument around several supporting digressions.